Iron Maiden - Flotsam & Jetsam

Back in the time when the gods would tell

You what to do or you’ll go to hell

The father cried and the angels fell

Constant reminder in the church’s bell

The fear of ending being stuck right here

The same evil every year after year

In the present we can see it clear

One god, one being to fear

The punishment for religious crimes

A sleeping place for the rest of time

Bleed your soul 50 piercing blades

The iron maiden where you’ve been laid

An evil bishop in a chamber of hell

He says the demons hide so well

We’ll have to bleed him from head to toe

It’s the only way to really know

Disobey a priest or king

It’s all upon yourself you bring

A bed of spites for eternity

Torture test your will to be

The punishment for religious crimes

A sleeping place for the rest of time

Bleed your soul 50 piercing blades

The iron maiden where you’ve been laid

Up right and leaning for the blood to flow

Drains you of life but slow

Involuntary screams of pain

The sound of blood like dripping rain

Disobey a priest or king

It’s all upon yourself you bring

A bed of spites for eternity

Torture test your will to be

The punishment for religious crimes

A sleeping place for the rest of time

Bleed your soul 50 piercing blades

The iron maiden where you’ve been laid